how to say “projector” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/מקרן-#.m4a” /]מַקְרֵן

The Hebrew word for projector, the kind you might use to show movies on your wall at home or presentations in your office, is מקרן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/מקרן-#.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/מקרן-#.m4a” /]אנחנו צריכים מקרן כדי שכולנו נראה את המצגת.

We need a projector so that all of us can see the presentation.

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מקרן comes from the root ק.ר.נ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/מקרן-#.m4a” /], which means beam or ray. For example, a ray of light is קרן אור[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/מקרן-#.m4a” /].